metro is somewhere between "incompetence that leads to dead passengers"[1], "shit's on fire, yo"[2] and "meh". Lately the biggest scandal is they turn down ads for the ACLU in favor of Northrup Grumman.
In any event it's generally minimally acceptable at best. Dumping a ton of people onto it will not help matters.
It's super fashionable to bash Metro, but the system today carries over 600,000 riders per day, and that's about a 20-year low. The system is in a hole of deferred maintenance, but attacking it pretty aggressively.
I ride Metro every week day (bus + train) and look: I'm still alive! And on time almost every day. I much prefer it to driving.
In any event it's generally minimally acceptable at best. Dumping a ton of people onto it will not help matters.
[1] https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/dc-metro-crash-lawsuit-filed-4... [2] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/washington-d-c-s-metro-...